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"Let them go? That's not a good idea!"

Upon hearing this, Chao Gai frowned and then said in a deep voice, "If we release these people, they will be recruited by the government troops and will turn against us Liangshan brothers again in the blink of an eye. It would be no different from releasing a tiger back into the mountains."

But if we stay…

At this point, Chao Gai changed the subject, his tone full of difficulty.

"With a major battle imminent, leaving so many prisoners in the mountain stronghold is tantamount to raising a tiger to cause trouble."

With such a large number of government troops, if a mutiny were to occur, Liangshan would be in grave danger!

Not to mention that leading them on a long journey would drastically slow down the march, and if they were overtaken by pursuing troops, the consequences would be unimaginable!

After saying this, Chao Gai immediately looked at Lü Guang and asked with a serious expression, "In your opinion, what should we do?"

He had been so focused on pressing his advantage that he hadn't thought about this issue in detail. Now that Lü Guang had pointed it out, he realized that this problem was extremely difficult and he was at a loss for what to do. That's when he asked Lü Guang for his opinion.

Upon hearing this, a hint of contemplation crossed Lü Guang's fair face. He raised his hand and patted the splattered blood on the halberd shaft. His gaze swept over the surrendered soldiers kneeling on the ground, trembling. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes, but it quickly turned into a ruthless glint.

However, just as Lü Guang was about to slaughter all these people, a young man dressed in the uniform of a low-ranking officer among the prisoners suddenly seemed to have seen Lü Guang, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

Then, he spoke somewhat timidly to Lü Guang, "This hero is General Lü Guang, who fought in the battle of Fushan back then. I am Zhang Jie, your former trusted bodyguard."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Lü Guang was overjoyed. He never expected to run into an old acquaintance here.

"Zhang Jie, I am Lü Guang. Show yourself and let me speak!" Lü Guang shouted hurriedly.

At this moment, an idea lingered in his mind.

This shout was like a thunderclap, and a commotion immediately broke out among the surrendered soldiers.

In the blink of an eye, a burly man emerged from among the prisoners, his clothes tattered and his armor covered in knife marks.

Upon seeing Lü Guang, he was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward, kneeling down and saying, "This humble general, Zhang Jie, greets General Lü. I never expected to meet you here again!"

"We're family, there's no need for this."

Lu Guang immediately stepped forward to help him up, patted him on the shoulder, and his eyes were filled with relief.

Zhang Jie was a subordinate he had recruited when he was in the Laizhou border army. Because he was capable and quick-witted, he was taken in as a trusted bodyguard and was instructed in marksmanship in his spare time.

However, after the fall of Laizhou, Lü Guang left the border army and traveled around the country. During one of his travels, he met his friend Deng Qiang and followed him to join Jiang Ce.

Lü Guang trusted Zhang Jie's character, and judging from his attire, his position in the army was not weak; he was at least a Qu Jun Hou (a military rank).

Lu Guang originally intended to kill all these people, but due to Zhang Jie's sudden appearance, he naturally changed his mind.

So he sent Zhang Jie as an envoy to try and bring these people under his command.

"Zhang Jie, to tell you the truth, I have already joined Liangshan. We, the heroes of Liangshan, act on behalf of Heaven and oppose corrupt officials. Are you willing to bring your brothers and join me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie kowtowed deeply and said, "I will never forget your kindness, General. Among these people are a few border soldiers. Given your reputation in the army, once they know that you have joined Liangshan, they will surely choose to submit to you."

After saying that, he immediately turned around and shouted to the surrendered prisoners behind him: "Brothers, this hero is General Lü Guang, who once killed the fierce general of the Eastern Barbarians and was known as the invincible general with the divine halberd."

He has now joined Liangshan; would you all like to follow me and join him?

As Zhang Jie finished speaking, the surrendered soldiers fell silent for a moment, then erupted in a deafening shout.

"It's actually the Invincible General of the Cold Halberd."

"No wonder even a figure like General Chang died under his halberd."

The name Lü Guang may not be well-known among the border troops of Laizhou, but if you mention the title of "Invincible General of the Cold Halberd," he is truly famous throughout Laizhou.

That is why these people were willing to come to him.

[Ding dong, Lü Guang has killed and subdued 3,000 government troops in this battle. In addition, he has killed or subdued one top-tier general, three first-tier generals, and seven generals below first-tier. The host is rewarded with a total of 105 summoning points. The host currently has 6110 summoning points.]

Since the summoning points obtained by Lü Guang from killing Chang Zhengkuo were pre-calculated by the system, the remaining summoning points naturally do not include the two people he killed.

As for the system attributing the victory to Lü Guang, we should thank Chao Gai for handing over command of the army to Lü Guang.

Otherwise, Lü Guang wouldn't have been able to bring Jiang Ce so many summoning points.

.........

As for Chao Gai, seeing that these people had turned against him, his heart finally settled down.

Although these people joined Lü Guang, not Chao Gai, Chao Gai was not jealous of Lü Guang.

After all, Lü Guang was his brother from the mountain, so joining him was tantamount to joining Liangshan.

He burst into laughter, stepped forward, patted Lü Guang on the shoulder, and said excitedly, "Brother, what a brilliant plan! In that case, let Zhang Jie organize these brothers and settle them properly. From now on, they will all be my Liangshan brothers!"

Lu Guang cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Chao Gai, you flatter me. It was just going with the flow."

And so, a thorny problem was solved, and under the setting sun, the figures of the Liangshan heroes appeared even more upright.

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Our attention returned to Xiao Xuanbin.

Just as Chao Gai and Lü Guang were setting up an ambush according to their plan, Xiao Xuanbin, Wu Nangong Xiao, Xu Cheng, Wang Chao, Guo Huai and other leaders led the only five hundred cavalrymen of Liangshan to rush to the main road to set up a roadblock to intercept them.

Their objective was clear: to keep the three thousand border cavalry pinned down on the other side, buying enough time for Chao Gai's ambush.

Although the six great families of Laizhou have a family heritage of nearly a thousand years, they do not need too many cavalry to deal with Liangshan, a small place. Three thousand cavalrymen are enough.

On the Liangshan side, it wasn't that they couldn't spare more troops.

However, if they were to send infantry to fight against the cavalry of the powerful families, it would be tantamount to suicide. Therefore, under such circumstances, they had no choice but to send out these five hundred elite cavalrymen.

On the battlefield of cold weapons, cavalry had an overwhelming natural advantage over infantry, which was mainly reflected in their unparalleled mobility and thunderous impact.